| <birth> | contains information about a person's birth, in particular its date and place. |
| Attributes: | | date | specifies the date of birth in an ISO standard form (yyyy-mm-dd). | | Datatype: %ISO-date | | Values: a date in ISO standard form (yyyy-mm-dd). | | Default: #IMPLIED |
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| Example |
<birth notBefore="1900" notAfter="1920">
Before 1920, East Midlands region.</birth> |
| Example |
<birth date="1960-12-10">In a small cottage near
<name type=place>Solihull</name>,
early in the morning of <date>10 Dec 1960</date>
</birth> |
| Class | |
| Declaration | - - ((#PCDATA|date|placeName|ptr|ref|note)*) |
| See further | 2.2.4. Names of persons, places, and organizations |